Priya Vashist

Priya Vashist is an award-winning film director, screenwriter and editor. Priya is an Assistant Professor of Film at Old Dominion University. Priya works in various genres and styles of filmmaking including narrative, documentary, and experimental. Her work focuses on social justice and representation of ethnic minorities, especially queer people of color on screen. Priya's work has been screened and featured at various film festivals including Oscar qualifying film festivals such as Nashville Film Festival, Flicker's Rhode Island International Film Festival, Reel Sisters of the diaspora Film festival and Lecture Series, and film conferences such as University Film and Video Association (UFVA). Priya received her MFA in Cinema Production from San Francisco State University.